Marry a Wife—and Her Car

In his sermon, The Discipline of Communal Examination, Skye Jethani said:

A few years before I married my wife, Amanda, she bought a car with the help ...

Aunt Forgiven for Death of Nephew

In his book Free of Charge, author Miroslav Volf shares a personal story about the power of grace and forgiveness:

I was one then, and my five-year-old ...

Mother Reflects on "The Day We Let Our Son Live"

In 2009, an article in the U.K.'s Telegraph reported that of all women in the U.K. who find out through prenatal testing that their baby will have ...

Man Discovers Co-worker Is His Brother

They worked together every day at the furniture delivery company and didn't know. Gary would lift one end of the couch and Randy the other. People ...

What Dog Owners Can't Live Without

Things dog owners can't live without:

• Significant other: 54 percent
• Computer: 50 percent
• Dog: 48 percent
• Coffee: 35 percent
• TV: 35 percent
• Car: 26 percent

The Importance of Identifying Relational Issues

The Thing in the Bushes is a book about corporate blind spots. Authors Kevin Graham Ford and James D. Osterhaus point out that most leaders of companies ...

Harvard Studies Happiness

In 1937, a researcher at Harvard University began a study (originally named The Harvard Study of Adult Development) on what factors contribute to human ...

Girl Without Father Counts Her Blessings

Heather Bermingham writes in an article "No Dad to Call":

My youth group was hundreds of miles from home on a mission trip in New Orleans. We ...

Father Learns Valuable Lesson at Son's Baseball Game

Philip Ryken writes in “He Speaks to Me Everywhere”:

During one memorable at-bat the spring of my son's first baseball season, he repeatedly ...

God Gives Before We Ask

Max Lucado writes in the “Cure for the Common Life”:

The bank sent me an overdraft notice on the checking account of one of my daughters. I ...